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Ethnomedicinal review of Usnakantaka (Echinops echinatus Roxb.)

Echinops echinatus Roxb. (E. echinatus), commonly known as “Usnakantaka,” is a xerophytic herbaceous plant traditionally used as a stimulant to treat use the term Sexual debility in Indian traditional systems of medicine. The roots, leaves, fruit, and bark are extensively used in folk medicine as we...

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Autores principales: Maurya, Santosh Kumar, Kushwaha, Ashwini Kumar, Seth, Ankit
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392713
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.162138
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description Echinops echinatus Roxb. (E. echinatus), commonly known as “Usnakantaka,” is a xerophytic herbaceous plant traditionally used as a stimulant to treat use the term Sexual debility in Indian traditional systems of medicine. The roots, leaves, fruit, and bark are extensively used in folk medicine as well as in Ayurveda. Also, the plant shows a wide range of pharmacological activities such as antifungal, analgesic, diuretic, reproductive, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, antipyretic, and antibacterial properties. Among the several active constituents, apigenin, apigenin-7-O-glucoside, echinaticin, 5,7-dihydroxy-8,4’-dimethoxy-flavanone-5-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-7-O - β-D-arabinopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside are the most important in terms of reported pharmacological activities. The current review focuses on the updated information from various scientific studies and reports available in the context of the phytoconstituents and pharmacology of this plant. This review also provides adequate information about the use of this plant in an Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda.
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spelling pubmed-45572382015-09-21 Ethnomedicinal review of Usnakantaka (Echinops echinatus Roxb.) Maurya, Santosh Kumar Kushwaha, Ashwini Kumar Seth, Ankit Pharmacogn Rev Plant Review Echinops echinatus Roxb. (E. echinatus), commonly known as “Usnakantaka,” is a xerophytic herbaceous plant traditionally used as a stimulant to treat use the term Sexual debility in Indian traditional systems of medicine. The roots, leaves, fruit, and bark are extensively used in folk medicine as well as in Ayurveda. Also, the plant shows a wide range of pharmacological activities such as antifungal, analgesic, diuretic, reproductive, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, antipyretic, and antibacterial properties. Among the several active constituents, apigenin, apigenin-7-O-glucoside, echinaticin, 5,7-dihydroxy-8,4’-dimethoxy-flavanone-5-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-7-O - β-D-arabinopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside are the most important in terms of reported pharmacological activities. The current review focuses on the updated information from various scientific studies and reports available in the context of the phytoconstituents and pharmacology of this plant. This review also provides adequate information about the use of this plant in an Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4557238/ /pubmed/26392713 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.162138 Text en Copyright: © Pharmacognosy Reviews http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Ethnomedicinal review of Usnakantaka (Echinops echinatus Roxb.)
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title_short Ethnomedicinal review of Usnakantaka (Echinops echinatus Roxb.)
title_sort ethnomedicinal review of usnakantaka (echinops echinatus roxb.)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392713
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.162138
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